Chandos
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Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Anna Larsson (soprano) & Olle Persson (baritone)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Chorus, Neeme Järvi
Järvi and his Gothenburg forces produce exemplary performances, strong in interpretative outline…[and] vividly recorded —
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Ferios certainly have skill on their side, and every emotional hue you could want-smoky, honeyed, shrieking or sad. —
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Dobrzyński: Overture to ‘Monbar’, Piano Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Emilian Madey (piano)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
It's engagingly tuneful, soundly constructed and unashamedly home-grown in flavour, each movement taking its cue from a Polish national dance...Madey proves an uncommonly deft and sympathetic... —
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Goossens: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Phantasy Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Tasmin Little (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Goossens revels in quick-changing, imaginative orchestral textures, succulently displayed in Chandos’s typically lustrous and wide-ranging recording. —
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 & Tuba Concerto
Patrick Harrild (tuba)
London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
this performance of the Sixth Symphony by the LSO with Bryden Thomson is a worthy competitor. The uniquely chilling final movement is as icy as I've ever heard it —
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Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution Op. 74, etc.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (narrator)
Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
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James MacMillan's A Scotch Bestiary is 'motivated by the great American cartoon makers who represented human characters in animal form,' says the composer, and is 'inspired by human archetypes... —
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Alwyn: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1
Howard Shelley (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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